SOURCE: "Patriarchal History and Female Subversion," in Stages of History: Shakespeare 's English Chronicles, Cornell University Press, 1990, pp. 146-200.
In the following excerpt, Rackin assesses the unofficial, matriarchal power that the female characters in King John wield over the male characters ' political authority and ambitions.
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